Chapter 13: Remembering the Past

I'm Not Cute!

 

Sungmin’s POV

I felt my head pounding as I sat up in bed. I could barely remember anything that happened last night. All I remember was that I came home angry and drank a lot of wine. I wonder how many cups I drank. I started to open my eyes slowly, adjusting my vision. Something smelled good coming from my kitchen. I wonder what it could be. Wait, is someone in my house!? Suddenly, I noticed a burning odor coming from the kitchen. Oh my gosh, my house is on fire!

 

 

I jumped out of bed quickly and ran down the hall towards the kitchen, where I saw Kyuhyun sitting on the floor, holding a spatula. I also noticed a pan in the sink, which was steaming while water was running down over it.

 

 

“Kyuhyun! What are you doing!?” I yelled. He quickly turned around and tried to get up, but quickly fell back down, wincing in pain. I ran over to the sink, turned off the water, and kneeled down to Kyuhyun’s level. I lifted up his hand and noticed that it was a little burnt.

 

 

“Ow ow ow! That hurts!” he cried.

 

 

“What were you doing in my kitchen? And moreover, what are you even doing in my house!? Wearing my pajamas??”

 

 

“You don’t remember? I brought you home yesterday and you were still really angry. So I gave you some wine to help you calm down. I learned that you really like wine and you usually drink when you’re mad. I didn’t think you’d drink so much though, considering you had five glasses. Oh, by the way, did you know that you’re really cute when you’re drunk?” he smirked, and I glared at him.

 

 

“Be quiet. I can’t help it if I’m drunk. Now, why are you wearing my clothes?”

 

 

“Since you were drunk, I couldn’t just leave you here all by yourself. So I crashed here for the night. Don’t worry; I didn’t do anything to you while you were sleeping. I slept on the couch.” I felt relieved that he didn’t try to do anything to me while I was sleeping. And I also felt glad that he cared enough to take care of me again, but I couldn’t help but feel bad for him for sleeping on the couch.

 

 

“And why were you in the kitchen?”

 

 

“I’m not the best cook in the world. In fact, I can’t even cook at all, but I tried to make you pancakes for breakfast. I followed the instructions on the box, but I left it on too long and burned my hand trying to put it out,” he pouted. Yes, the Great Evil Kyu actually pouted, and I chuckled, making him pout some more. “Why are you laughing at me?”

 

 

“Because you’re silly.” I could’ve sworn that he was blushing a little. I carefully helped him stand up and led him over to the chair and sat him down. I ran over to my medicine cabinet, pulled out a first aid kit, and ran back to Kyuhyun. As I set down the first aid kit on the table and opened it, I took out some ointment and a white bandage. I took Kyuhyun’s hand and held it as I gently applied ointment on his burn before wrapping the white bandage around his hand.

 

 

“Kiss it to make it better,” Kyuhyun smirked. I rolled my eyes as I put everything away.

 

 

“Not gonna happen. Now, go sit on the couch while I make pancakes. I walked into the kitchen while Kyuhyun headed for the couch. I took out the pancake mix and began to cook.

 

 

I spent maybe about fifteen minutes cooking four perfect pancakes. I was going to call Kyuhyun over to eat as I set them on the table, but I noticed that he was busy looking at something on my laptop. Curiously, I walked over to the couch and saw that he was playing some sort of game.

 

 

“What are you doing on my laptop?” I asked.

 

 

“I downloaded Starcraft so I wouldn’t be bored,” he answered, paying more attention to his game. I watched closely as he played his game and surprisingly became really interested in it.

 

 

“Hey Kyu.”

 

 

“Hm?”

 

 

“Teach me how to play.” He paused his game and turned around to look at me with a confused look on his face.

 

 

“What?”

 

 

“Teach me how to play Starcraft.”

 

 

“Seriously?”

 

 

“Yeah. It looks fun to play. Please Kyu, please?” I begged while putting my hands together and pouted. He stared at me for a  moment and then smiled.

 

 

“Okay, I’ll teach you,” he said before closing his laptop. “But first, I want to eat those delicious pancakes you made.”

 

 

Eunhyuk’s POV

Something wasn’t right. It was 10:30AM, and there was no sign of that fishy. What the heck? He usually comes by my house every morning and walks me to work. Where was he? Well, it’s not like I wanted him to come. It’s just weird that he suddenly wasn't here today. Did something happen to him? I hope he’s okay. Aish, Eunhyuk! Stop it! You don’t care about him!

 

 

Once I got everything together, I headed out of my apartment and began to walk to work. Sungmin had a day off today again, so I wouldn’t be able to see him. It was gonna be pretty lonely at work today without him there.

 

 

It didn’t take long until I finally reached the café and stepped in. There were only a few customers present, so Mr. Lee must’ve served them all. I went towards the back to set my belongings down and went to work.

 

 

 

This was a strange day. There were a decent amount of customers. Not too many and not too little; it was a good pace today, especially when Ryeowook came in. It seemed like a normal day, but it wasn’t. There was still no sign of Donghae. He didn’t come by at all. I knew he had my number somehow, but he didn’t even try calling me. Not even a text message. I asked Mr. Lee an hour ago if he knew where he was, but he told me he didn’t know either. Where was he? What was taking him so long to get here? Not that I cared what he was doing, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at least a little worried.

 

 

Before I knew it, my shift was already over. For once, I went through an entire day without seeing Donghae. Instead, I went through the entire day thinking about him. I was just curious about where he was! It’s not like I like him or anything…

 

 

Within a few minutes, I left the café, saying goodbye to Ryeowook and Mr. Lee. I started heading my way home when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.

 

 

“Donghae?” I called out, turning around, hoping that Donghae was behind me. I didn’t see anyone. I must’ve been hearing things. I sighed as I began walking again.

 

 

“Hyukjae?” I hear my real name being called from behind me. I thought it was Donghae again, but it didn’t sound like him. I turned around to a man wearing a nice black suit. I stared at him in awe because his looks were incredible. He came up to me and smiled.

 

 

“Um, can I help you?” I asked.

 

 

“It really is you, Hyukjae,” he chuckled.

 

 

“I’m sorry, but have we met before?”

 

 

“What? You really don’t remember me?” I shook my head. “It’s me, Siwon. We used to be childhood friends.” I tilted my head and raised my eyebrow. I don’t remember him from my childhood. I barely remember my childhood anyway.

 

 

“Uh, really?”

 

 

“You really don’t remember,” he chuckled. “I guess that impact affected you a lot.”

 

 

“Impact? What impact?”

 

 

“Looks like I got a lot of explaining to do as well.”

 

 

“HEY!” I heard a voice scream out from behind this Siwon guy. I looked behind him and saw no other than then Donghae staring at us. He was breathing heavily, so I'm guessing he was running.

 

 

“D-Donghae!?” Donghae made his way over to me and wrapped his arm around my waist while glaring at Siwon.

 

 

“What do you think you’re doing with my Hyukkie!?” he shouted. My eyes widened as I pushed him away.

 

 

“Y-yah! I’m not yours!”

 

 

“You guys are pretty interesting,” Siwon chuckled again. “So anyway, Hyukjae, would you mind if I came over to your house? I have something to show you.” I wasn't sure if I should let this guy into my house. But he said he knows me from my childhood, I should trust him, right? I decided to lead him to my apartment complex, while Donghae was keeping close to me, continuing to glare at Siwon. Once we arrived and opened my door, the three of us kicked off our shoes and stepped inside.

 

 

“You got a nice place, Hyukjae,” Siwon complimented with a small smile on his face, and I smiled back.

 

 

“Thanks.”

 

 

“Hyukkie! I need to use you bathroom!” Donghae complained. I sighed as I pointed towards the direction where my bathroom was, and he swiftly made his way over.

 

 

“Is he the same age as you?” Siwon asked.

 

 

“Surprisingly, yes. Anyway, what did you need to show me?” He led me over to my couch to sit down and pulled out a picture from his pocket. He handed it to me and I stared at it for a while.

 

 

In the picture, there were four kids standing under a tree, three boys and one girl. I studied it a little closer and noticed that the little boy wearing a blue t-shirt with a monkey on it was me. This was me when I was younger. It was all coming back to me. I think I was about seven at the time. I was in the second grade and this picture was taken near the playground near my school. I noticed a kid leaning against the tree in the picture. He looked so familiar. I looked up at Siwon, back at the picture, and back at Siwon. He has the same smile.

 

 

“Are you catching on yet?” he asked.

 

 

“You and I used to be friends in second grade, weren’t we?”

 

 

“Best friends from second to eighth grade to be exact.” I smiled and attacked him with a hug.

 

 

“Oh my gosh, Siwon! I remember! I can’t believe it’s really you! It’s been so long!” I cheered. He laughed as he hugged me back.

 

 

“It’s great to see you too, Hyukjae.”

 

 

“Oh, I don’t go by Hyukjae anymore. I go by Eunhyuk now,” I informed as I let go of him.

 

 

“Really? ‘Hyukjae’ really suited you though. But Eunhyuk is a good name for you too. It’s nice,” he complimented again. I don’t know why, but his compliment made me blush a little. “Do you remember the other two in the picture?”

 

 

I looked at the picture again and stared at the girl with long hair, wearing a white dress. I stared at her really hard, but I couldn’t recognize her. I looked back at me and noticed another boy standing next to me. He had a cute smile on his face and did a “V” sign. But still, I couldn’t recognize him.

 

 

“I don’t remember them. Who are they?”

 

 

“I can’t tell you now. You gotta figure it out yourself. Remember harder,” he told me. I pouted at him and he began to ruffle my hair. “You’re still the same cute Eunhyuk I knew years ago.” Siwon showed me a gentle smile that made my heart beat two times faster and made my cheeks become a light shade of pink. I don’t remember him ever being this caring.

 

 

“AHEM.” Siwon took his hand off my head and I turned around to see Donghae, leaning against the wall looking really angry. He walked towards me and pulled me up to put his arm around my waist again. “Keep your hands off of my Hyukkie!”

 

 

“D-Donghae!”

 

 

“It's fine Eunhyuk. I should get going anyway. Its getting really late,” Siwon said as he stood up. “We should meet up again tomorrow and catch up with each other. Plus, I still have to tell you things that you don’t remember.”

 

 

“Oh, but I have work tomorrow at the mini café.”

 

 

“Then I’ll stop by tomorrow on your break.” We exchanged phone numbers before he put his shoes on and opened the door.” It was really great to see you again.”

 

 

“You too, Siwon,” I said back before closing the door as he stepped out. I turned around and saw Donghae crossing his arms, still looking angry. “What?”

 

 

“Who is he and what’s your relationship with him?”

 

 

“Siwon? He’s an old friend of mine. We used to be best friends when we were younger.” Donghae looked like he was getting angrier by the second. He actually looked really scary. He walked over towards my coffee table and picked up the picture from earlier.

 

 

“What’s this?”

 

 

“That’s me when I was younger. I was in the second grade,” I replied as I walked over to him. It seemed as if his anger went away as he started to smile a little.

 

 

“You look cute,” he stated. I sighed. Now he's not scary anymore.

 

 

“I-I guess. I don’t remember two of the kids in the picture, but that’s Siwon leaning against the tree.” I mentally slapped myself for saying that. Donghae’s anger came back again, and in a blink of an eye, he tore the picture split down the middle, two kids on one side and the other two on the other. Or probably in Donghae’s case, I’m on one side and Siwon is on the other.

 

 

“H-hey! What did you do that for!?” I yelled. He tossed the ripped picture onto the couch before wrapping his arms around me for a hug. He said nothing as I stood there, frozen. “W-what are y-you doing?” I stuttered.

 

 

“You belong to me, Lee Hyukjae,” he whispered in my ear, sending me shivers down my back. He used my first name again. Why does he use it? Well, probably because I never told him to always call me by my other name, but why didn’t tell him that? When he says my name, it sound so different.

 

 

“I-I told you that I’m not yours. And where were you today!? I didn’t see you all day!” I said as I pushed him anyway. Donghae smirked.

 

 

“Was my Hyukkie worried about me today?”

 

 

“No! Of course not! J-just answer my question!” He yawned and stretched out his arms.

 

 

“I’m tired, Hyukkie. I think I’m going to sleep now,” he yawned out as he made his way towards my room. I tried to stop him, but he was too quick for me. He jumped on my bed and hid under the covers.

 

 

“Yah! Get out of my bed!”

 

 

“Where else am I going to sleep?”

 

 

“Go home! You shouldn’t be here anyway!”

 

 

“Aww, c’mon Hyukkie. I let you stay at my house.” Oh yeah, that’s right. After our little “date”, he let me sleep at his house.

 

 

“…Fine. But you’re sleeping far away from me as possible.” I quickly went to the bathroom to change into my pajamas. After that, I went to go fix myself something to eat and decided to go to bed extremely early today. The more I stayed up, the more I'd have to stay up with that fish. After I finished eating, I went to brush my teeth before going back to my room. When I got inside, I found Donghae fast asleep on my bed. It was only 7:30pm, but he was already sleeping. He wasn’t kidding when he said he was tired. I wonder what he did to make him so worn out.

 

 

I turned off the light and set my alarm before climbing into bed next to Donghae, making sure there was enough space in between us. I stared at his face as he continued to sleep. As I studied his face, I unintentionally started getting closer to him until his face was only inches away from mine. I couldn’t help but just stare at him.

 

 

“Hyukjae…” he said. He’s dreaming about me now? What is he dreaming about? “…don’t cry…” I’m crying? Why am I crying? What happened to me? “I’ll be back for you soon…” Donghae is leaving me? Where is he going? I'm so curious about what he’s dreaming of.

 

 

“Hyukjae, I love you…”

 

 

No way.

 

 

He just said he loves me. This cannot be happening.

 

 

Wait, calm down, Hyukjae. Its just a dream. He’s just dreaming. You don’t know what he’s dreaming about, so don’t assume things just yet.

 

 

He can’t possibly love me.

 

 

Could he? 

 


 

 

A/N: I'm sooo sorry for not updating last week. I couldn't get to a computer last weekend and this week killed me with school >.> I was so stressed this entire week and didn't sleep for two days. Asdfghjkl; But to make it up to you guys, I gave you a little Kyumin and some Eunhae :) I didn't plan on having this chapter end this way. It just kinda came out. Except Siwon. I wanted him to come :) How else am I gonna expand the story? I promise I'll be adding more drama in the future. Enjoy the fluff while it lasts. I hope I won't put too much fluff into this, cause I seem to be doing that a lot now >.< Yewook might come in the next chapter. Depends what pencil wants to write~ Until next time! Please comment and subscribe!!! <333333 

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